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Effects of gloss type on text recall and incidental vocabulary learning in mobile-assisted L2 listening

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: This study investigates the effects of multimedia glosses on text recall and incidental vocabulary learning in a mobile-assisted L2 listening task. A total of 88 participants with a low level of proficiency in English were randomly assigned to one of four conditions that involved single channel (textual-only, pictorial-only) and dual-channel (textual-plus-pictorial) glosses as well as a control condition where no glosses were provided. The participants listened to a story through their mobile phones and were engaged in an immediate free recall task and unannounced vocabulary tests after listening. The findings indicated that access to glosses facilitated recognition and production of vocabulary with the type of gloss having no effect. On the other hand, glosses had no effect on text recall.

Source: ReCALL

DOI: 10.1017/s0958344017000155

Authors: Fidel Çakmak, Gülcan Erçetin

Institutions: Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat Üniversitesi, Boğaziçi University

Language: English

Topic: Second Language Acquisition and Learning

Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: green

Funder: Boğaziçi Üniversitesi